Social Development Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, in partnership with Airports Company South Africa and CIPLA Foundation, has handed over a R4 million day care centre to the residents of Greenfield in Kimberley, Northern Cape.<\/p>\n
The handover on Monday was part of government\u2019s efforts to accelerate service delivery through public private partnerships (PPP).<\/p>\n
During her address, the Deputy Minister thanked the Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality for availing land and water by constructing the newly built day care centre for the benefit of children.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thank both National and Provincial Departments of Social Development for their relentless efforts in ensuring that children are put first. It is befitting to also extend a word of appreciation to team ACSA, which has partnered in funding many programmes previously and most recently contributed towards the building of Kutlwano Day Care Centre,\u201d Bogopane-Zulu said.<\/p>\n
One of the parents, whose child is attending at Kutlwano Day Care Centre, Janice Brown, said she was delighted that children in the area will have a new cr\u00e8che, which is a safe environment and suitable for children to learn and grow.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe centre caters for our needs and provides a sense of love and care. The facilities of the cr\u00e8che are in a safe and good condition for our children to play and learn without being exposed to any form of danger,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The centre was once a corrugated iron shack and was now refurbished into a disability-friendly facility.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on Tuesday the Deputy Minister will facilitate an engagement with sex workers, government, civil society, developmental partners and the general public about challenges that continue to face the sex work trade.<\/p>\n
The Department of Social Development calls for the decriminalisation of sex work as criminalisation poses a myriad of challenges against interventions designed for sex workers.<\/p>\n
The department said that criminalisation of the trade is intricately linked to the ongoing human rights violations and inadequate access to social, justice and health services.<\/p>\n
The sex work dialogue will take place this morning at the Platfontein Lodge, in Kimberley, Northern Cape.<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"